Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-07

VA IL world are there. One OF
VI ,M4k.a the secretaries of the
kkN MSGNH section, speaking to q
1sHGSs:~=zsaa STAR reporter, said he
| 08W thought that this con-
k gress, so far as results
O.; ]
| AZ were concerned, from an
':::*%N WlH::' held. Such men as
| E';' Mooren, OF Dusseldorf;
DR. CHI ABADIE Power, of London; Galez-
| owsk1 and LandOtt of Paris; MariOlescu, OF Blu
charest, besides Americans distinguished in their
specially, take part in the proceedings OF the sec
! ton. A man who has been very conspicuous In
the proceedings, taking part in the discussions IS
DR.. Ch. Abadie, of Paris, who Is among the most
forIy-ive, energetic and ready talker. He speaks
In French. Papers were read at the sessions yes
terday by Henry Power, of London, on microbes
owski, of Paris, on 1.-THE operation OF Cataract
and the After Treatments" by DR.. A. Mooren, Of
Dusseldorf, on .'The Simplest Method OF Cataract
Operation" and paper by Dr.. Martolescu, OF bu-
| chareSt.
The section on therapeutics met at 3 O'Clock
| yesterday, in the Columbian University building
Or. Truill Green presided and DR.: Frank Wood
| bury acted as secretary. The session was opened
1ssdpg ey R
Remedy" activity in bacteriology and advances
in chemistry" said he, suggested that there is
are active in altering by fermentation the nor
NAL organic constituents OF the blood into noxious
nS TO assist s,S IN
removing these e1ete bodies. constitute the aim
Of remedy, SO that remedy might be defined as the
q injury 'G and the W CORRECTION Of nutrition.
The success Of an5isePtic surgery SHOWS
to diseased conditions. Germs contain albumen.
so If subjected to the physical enects OF vacuum,
Chemically. they succumh to the use OF mineral
acids alkal1es, certain Salts and organic radicals
In a word the deprivation OF oxygen, either d.
rectly by oxidation OF another substance capable
drogen, by the subtraction or substitution Of ele-
we can exclude, arrest development, or totally de:
| stroy the bacteria. The ptOrnaines engendered
by bacteria are divided into several classes, and
upon subsequent elemental analysis show that
| they contain certain homolOgues Of organic rad
icals. The application OF dis1nfectants, concluded
US to anticipate tksir moded use In am Internal
medicine. Clinical experience shows that RENE
dies although often empircally selected are those
OF hydrogen, or by substitution Of radicals. sue
coed in destroying the pernicfous products of
m he
trated with diagrams and charts.
In reply, DR.. VIM. Murrell said that the subject
was one OF very great Importance. The philosophy
OF remedy was very generally passed over by the
| workers in therapeutics. The only ones who ap-
Peared to have done much in this field were Prof
| Edinburgh, who had been doing very valuable
work In this branch. DR.. Ralph StOckman also
'1The neglect OF non-medicinal therapeutics" by
| Dr. Samuel s. Waliian 0ftNew York.
THE LARYNGoLOGIsTs.
AS usual, large number of doctors attended the
| meeting yesterday forenoon OF the section on
| laryngology. paper on 1.-THE Diagnosis and
H1ghmOne, /" was read by Mr.. Lennox Browne, Of
London: Remarks were made by DR.. Sinclair Cog
HILL OF London; DR.. Cohen, OF Philadelphia; Prof
DR.: Thorne, Of Cincinnati; Dr. Divides, Of Toledo;
Dr.. McGeaugh, Of London; DR.. Casselberry, OF
Chicago; DE- stockton 4 OF Chicago Dr. McKenzie
closed the discussion.
DR.. Hobbies, OF Atlanta, Ca, read an interesting
| Case of Exposure OF the Anterior column OF the
Cord from Syphilitic liberation &C."
doe Ss 9RoP sy At
ter introduced q paper Tor discussion on aRetur-
marks mar Were MADE by Dr. cheas Dr.
London. Prof. ". E Casselberry introduced paper
| Papillomata." DR.. E. s. Shurley opened the dis
cussion on ''1he Dlagnostic Differentiation OF Re-
cent Tuburculorous SPECIFIC and Rheumatic Laryn-
| geal Diseases"
PHYSIOLOGY.
In the section on Physiology the following pa
pers were read ana discussed: Researches on Elec
| trical Phenomena OF Cerebral Gray Matter" by Dr.
Richard Cation, of London; ION the Necessity for
Mobilization OF Certain Physiological Doctrines
| Regarding the INTERPRETATIONS OF Nerve and Mus
cle,oby DR.; Thos: ". Poole Of Lindsay, Canada;
| with Rigor Mortts," by DR.. VIM. D0bins0n HALT
| burton, OF London.
| GENERAL MEDICINE.
In the section on general medicine, Tuesday
afternoon DR.. Joseph Korosi, of Buda-Pesth, Hun
| gary, read q paper on the preventive power OF
| vaccination. The subject was treated In an i'm
partial manner, with the evident desire to ascer-
tain the truth OF the matter rather than to uphold
an opinion formed beforehand
Dr. Korosi Is the head Of the government Insti-
tuition for Vaccination In Buda-Pesth. From sta
tisttcs gathered from official sources In that city
he deduced the following conclusions: l. The gen.
| eral death-rate among vaccinated persons is 81
per cent; among the unvaccinated 1t is over IL
vaccinated was shown to be but trifling While
among the unvaccinated it rose to Is per cent. 3.
The deaths from smallpox among the vaccinated
were four times greater actually, and many times
greater relatively, when we consider that but
small proportion OF the population are unvacci-
The speaker used both human and animal virus,
as each could be most readily obtained OF good
ago by Keller, OF Vienna, In opposition to vaccin-
alton. AS Keller's STATISTICAL table differed in
on
si0ns were based. The latter evidently did not
relish this going behind the returns, and declined
to the physicians from whom the original reports
were received. Nine out OF nineteen responded.
An examination OF CneSc papers revealed the az
founding fact that Keller had deliberately falSi-
fed the data in these returns. Dr. KorosTs paper
was well received by the Section, and number Of
vote OF thanks was rendered him by The Section.
A paper was read by Dr.. w. N. Whitmarsh, OF Lon
don, on "VacctnatiOn and Pasteur'S treatment"
CLIMATE AND CONSERVATIVES.
At the afternoon session Of the section on Gil
matoiogy and demography. DR.. Charles Denison,
OF the University OF Denver, Colorado, read q
paper on the preferable climate for phthisis; or
the comparative Importance OF different climatic
attributes in the arrest Of consumption. He gave
some important facts that might Influence people
In their determination whether TO spend their
summers on the mountains or at the seashore. de
question the more beneficial for c0nsumptivee.
The dry, cool ana rarffied atmosphere In the
mountains, he maintained, furnished the most de-
sirable conditions for persons suffering from
chronic pulmonary diseases. The doctor is q rosy
checked, vigorous young man, but he says that
when he went TO Colorado be had consumption,
and the pure air OF the high attitudes cured him.
There Is nothing, he says, more evident than that
the element OF altitude Is fnsep0rable from the
best climate for consulnptiveA There are cases
in which other condition render tho high attitudes
must each be determined and treated &C.
cordingly. The best method "a to de-
termine what conditions or diseases are suitable
for the extreme OF the preferable combinations Of
| attitudes and then arrive at notifications or re-
JecttOns OF the high climate cure. The gradual
rise, distance, and peculiar protection OF our In.
terror attitudes make change from low levels less
| severe. America has an immense advantage oyea
Europe IN that. We can keep up curative eject